Phrase Hound found 359 phrases and 59 compound words that contain action. The most common are listed below. Open action in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 359
- action movieA motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay.
- action planA planned series of actions, tasks or steps designed to achieve an objective or goal.
- take actionTo act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem.
- affirmative actionA set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.
- class actionA lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful.
- cause of actionA condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another.
- legal actionLegal proceedings; a lawsuit.
- killed in actionThe designation for a member of an organization (primarily military) who has died while on duty.
- man of actionOne who acts or reacts boldly, without hesitation, and often without forethought, especially in situations which are adventurous or dangerous.
- out of actionUnable to work or function, often due to a particular event.
- course of actionA plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal.
- action figureA children's toy in the form of a posable plastic figurine of a character, often from a movie, video game, or television program, with moving parts and often capable of some form of spring-loaded movement. It is used to distinguish from …
- missing in actionThe designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.
- live actionFilmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.
- piece of the actionA portion of the monetary gains or other benefits produced by some venture or activity; a share of participation in a venture or activity.
- direct actionA form of political activism in which participants act illegally, ignoring established democratic procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare …
- group actionA mapping of a mathematical group to the permutations of an object that is compatible with the group operation.
- thing in actionSynonym of chose in action: Property, especially intangible ones, that can only be claimed or enforced by legal action.
- causes of actionplural of cause of action: A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another.
- things in actionplural of thing in action: Property, especially intangible ones, that can only be claimed or enforced by legal action.
- call to actionAn appeal for action.
- lost in actionKilled during military combat.
- action potentialA short-term change in the electrical potential that travels along a cell such as a nerve or muscle fiber.
- action plansplural of action plan: A planned series of actions, tasks or steps designed to achieve an objective or goal.
- industrial actionA workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
Compound words 59
- actionableAble to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
- inactionLack of action or activity or labor
- ActionScriptAn object-oriented programming language originally designed for making visual animations.
- actantThat which acts; a source of action or activity.
- coactionForce; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling
- romactionAction romance.
- geriactionA genre of action films starring aging actors and actresses, especially ones who were action stars earlier in their careers.
- subactionThe act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely.
- actionistOne taking part in the actionism movement.
- actionnessThe property of being an action.